Iran - Self-employed

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Iran was 43.68 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 57.35 in 2007, while its lowest value was 42.34 in 1996.

Definition: Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include four sub-categories of employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 43.30
1992 42.92
1993 42.66
1994 42.81
1995 42.70
1996 42.34
1997 44.08
1998 45.78
1999 47.69
2000 49.11
2001 51.05
2002 52.33
2003 52.88
2004 53.71
2005 54.84
2006 56.16
2007 57.35
2008 53.23
2009 53.39
2010 49.74
2011 47.29
2012 46.29
2013 44.83
2014 43.04
2015 43.72
2016 44.78
2017 43.80
2018 44.12
2019 43.68

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Iran was 48.00 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 48.00 in 2019, while its lowest value was 43.17 in 2011.

Definition: Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include four sub-categories of employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 44.79
1992 44.86
1993 45.21
1994 45.71
1995 45.83
1996 45.84
1997 46.17
1998 46.25
1999 46.89
2000 46.90
2001 47.35
2002 47.30
2003 46.72
2004 46.68
2005 46.74
2006 46.48
2007 46.27
2008 45.58
2009 44.61
2010 43.54
2011 43.17
2012 43.87
2013 44.06
2014 44.13
2015 44.15
2016 45.13
2017 45.58
2018 46.63
2019 48.00

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Iran was 47.22 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 48.27 in 2007, while its lowest value was 43.83 in 2011.

Definition: Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include four sub-categories of employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 44.65
1992 44.68
1993 44.96
1994 45.40
1995 45.48
1996 45.44
1997 45.91
1998 46.19
1999 47.00
2000 47.21
2001 47.90
2002 48.08
2003 47.74
2004 47.93
2005 48.26
2006 48.27
2007 48.27
2008 46.84
2009 46.14
2010 44.58
2011 43.83
2012 44.25
2013 44.17
2014 43.97
2015 44.08
2016 45.07
2017 45.26
2018 46.18
2019 47.22

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity